Saturday 29 September 2018

The Morning After: Facebook got hacked

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It's Saturday, September 29, 2018.

Hey, good morning! You look fabulous.

Welcome to your weekend! We’ll look into Facebook’s unfortunate exposure, Photokina, Oculus Connect and other big events from this week like Google’s 20th birthday.

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Happy birthday!

Facebook hack exposed info on up to 50 million users

Facebook hack exposed info on up to 50 million users

Early Friday, a white-hat hacker briefly promised to live stream a bid to access and delete Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook account. He later canceled the stream and said he reported the bug, however, Facebook did not confirm if this was related to the attack it said had exposed the information of 50 million users.

A flaw in the combination of features that allow a user to view their profile as someone else, and the Happy Birthday videos it can generate, could allow hackers to create an access token for someone else’s account. As a result, it logged out about 90 million users on Friday (50 million affected, plus 40 million that have had a View As lookup in the last year.) and said it’s conducting a security review.

Take a look at the trend.

Sony's full-frame mirrorless cameras finally have some competition

Sony's full-frame mirrorless cameras finally have some competition

Since the launch of the A7 and A7R in 2013, Sony has had virtually no competition in the full-frame mirrorless space. Major players like Canon, Nikon and Panasonic were keeping their focus on other camera formats, such as APS-C, Micro Four Thirds, point-and-shoots and full-frame DSLRs. But that's all starting to change. At Photokina 2018, Panasonic introduced its first full-frame mirrorless cameras, the Lumix S1R and S1, which feature 47- and 24-megapixel sensors, respectively.

More time to play ‘Spider-Man.’

Sony confirms PlayStation Experience won't happen this year

Sony confirms PlayStation Experience won't happen this year

"Now that we have Spider-Man out the door, we're looking down in 2019 to games like Dreams and Days Gone but we wouldn't have enough to bring people all together in some location in North America to have that event," said Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios Chairman Shawn Layden. "We don't want to set expectations really high and then not deliver."

You’ll need new hardware to see battery life improvements.

Wear OS review: Google puts usability first

Wear OS review: Google puts usability first

The third major release of Google’s Wear OS is a satisfying update to its predecessor, though it lags rivals in sophistication. While most of the changes here feel incremental, overall this is a system that helps you get stuff done quickly and makes you want to keep wearing it.

But wait, there's more...

1. Google at 20: The best Doodles of the last 20 years

2. Hayabusa 2 probe snaps a close-up of its asteroid target

3. Bad Password: Silicon Valley's Brett Kavanaugh problem

4. Instagram founders resign from Facebook

5. LG V40 unveiled with all five of its cameras

6. Sweden's ad regulator says 'Distracted Boyfriend' meme is sexist

7. Google at 20: Remembering three dead search engines

8. macOS Mojave updates

9. Casio's see-through G-Shock watches are an icy blast of nostalgia

10. How the first space tourists will make it back to Earth alive

11. ITC judge denies Qualcomm's request, won't stop iPhone imports

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Friday 28 September 2018

Editor's Pick: 5 Reasons the Sales A-Player's Era Is Ending


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Sales talent for a long time has been broken up into three groups: A- players, B-players and C-players. Everyone loves the A-players -- they're the ones who bring home the bacon, after all. The B-players show promise and, with the right training and motivation, could become A- players. The C-players? Well the less said, the better. This simplistic method of segmenting a sales force has worked for decades, but it dates to a simpler era. [More...]

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The New Brick-and-Mortar: Shopping's Blended Future
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MakuluLinux developer Jacque Montague Raymer on Thursday announced the first major release of this year. It is a whole lot more than a mere upgrade of distro packages. MakuluLinux Series 15 offers much more than new artwork and freshly repainted themes and desktop styles. If you crave a Linux OS that is fresh and independent, MakuluLinux is a must-try Linux solution. [More...]
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As if e-commerce companies didn't have enough problems with transacting securely and defending against things like fraud, another avalanche of security problems -- like cryptojacking, the act of illegally mining cryptocurrency on your end servers -- has begun. We've also seen a rise in digital credit card skimming attacks against popular e-commerce software such as Magento. [More...]
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The Morning After: The SEC sued Elon Musk

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It's Friday, September 28, 2018.

Hey, good morning! You look fabulous.

We’ll wrap up this week with a look at some of the mirrorless cameras from Photokina 2018, plus in-depth looks at what we’ve seen over the last 20 years from Google. Also, there’s some bad news waiting for Elon.

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‘Bigger and better in every way that counts.’

Apple Watch Series 4 review: Small tweaks make a big impact

Apple Watch Series 4 review: Small tweaks make a big impact

The entry-level, 40m Apple Watch Series 4 starts at $399 -- $70 more than the model it replaces. Ultimately, though, all the little improvements have made a lasting impact on the overall Apple Watch experience. The combination of a more powerful processor and thoughtful, feature-rich software makes the Series 4 the most capable wearable around. Solid battery life and potentially life-saving new heart tracking features only sweeten the deal.

Like Fujitsu’s 100-megapixel GFX 100.

The new mirrorless cameras you can buy soon

The new mirrorless cameras you can buy soon

There are already plenty of great ones in stores right now, such as Sony's A7 III, but Photokina brought us more mirrorless cameras to look forward to. Let's take a peek at the best of them.

20 years in, search is everywhere.

Just Google it: The journey from search to desktop OS

Just Google it: The journey from search to desktop OS

Google has eyed your desktop since before Chrome OS. It developed the ill-fated (and curiously named) Desktop, which was basically the company's take on the Windows Sidebar and worked on Linux, Mac and PCs. As the search engine continued to evolve and people came to rely on it more, it began to amass a wealth of information to become even more intuitive. This laid the foundation for features like Assistant, which is sort of a personification of the search engine.

As Search continues to evolve, it's not difficult to imagine a day when Chrome OS, powered by a highly intuitive Assistant, becomes a desktop operating system that rivals Windows or Mac.

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Musk called the lawsuit 'unjustified action.'

SEC sues Elon Musk for ‘funding secured’ tweet about taking Tesla private

SEC sues Elon Musk for ‘funding secured’ tweet about taking Tesla private

The US Securities and Exchange Commission filed a lawsuit against Tesla CEO Elon Musk in a Manhattan federal court on Thursday. It alleges that Musk's tweets in August about having "funding secured" for a potential bid to take the company private constitute fraud for being "false and misleading statements." What's more, the lawsuit seeks to ban Musk from serving as an officer of any public company. The Tesla board issued a statement in support of Musk, while the CEO said “Integrity is the most important value in my life and the facts will show I never compromised this in any way.”

Maybe we should’ve used Orkut.

After 20 years, Google’s success story has a few forgettable chapters

After 20 years, Google’s success story has a few forgettable chapters

Sadly, for every Gmail and Maps, there are ten projects that felt the swing of the Mountain View ax. Sometimes these doomed projects have outlived their usefulness, didn't catch on with the public or just didn't work as they should have.

Check your hard-drive space now.

'Red Dead Redemption 2' will be a massive 105GB download

'Red Dead Redemption 2' will be a massive 105GB download

The back of Sony’s PS4 Pro/RDR2 bundle box revealed information like the game’s install size, multiplayer limits and timed-exclusive content for PlayStation.

But wait, there's more...

1. Nintendo may have put an end to Tokyo's real-life 'Mario Kart' tours

2. 'House of Cards' S5 teaser previews Claire's battle with nearly everyone

3. Twitter explains dehumanizing speech so you maggots will understand

4. TiVo targets cord-cutters (again) with the Bolt OTA

5. Microsoft's Surface is back in Consumer Reports' good graces

6. Oculus CTO John Carmack reveals what's next for Oculus Go

7. Delta's fully biometric terminal is the first in the US

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